Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1910 — Monon Conductor Mike Roach Almost Lost Bls Life. [ARTICLE]

Monon Conductor Mike Roach Almost Lost Bls Life.

Conductor Mike Roach, of the Owl train, was severely injured and narrowly escaped death, while making his run last Friday night. After leaving Westville while looking backward to see if there was a hot box, the back of his head came in contact with a mile post, knocking him from the train to the ground. He was not missed till the next station was reached and then the train moved back in a search for the missing conductor.' He was found presumably near the place where he fell and walking in a bewildered condition. He was taken to the home of His wife’s parents at Westville and medical aid produced. It was found that the skull was not fractured and at last accounts he was in a fair way to recovery. His home is in Lafayette, though his parents reside near Reynolds. John Roach, a brother, was killed here in an accident about a year and a half ago.